Furnace attachment.



C. R. KLINB. FURNACE ATTACHMENT. APPIZmATION FILED MAY 17, 1909.

Patnted June '21, 1910.

WITNESSES CHARLES R. KLINE, 0F BEECI-IWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA.

FURNACE ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES R. KLINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Beechwood, Cameron county, State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Furnace Attachment, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to attachments for boilers, furnaces or the likeand has for an object, to provide a novel means for disposing of thedust and fine ashes which accompany the cleaning-out of the ash pit of aboiler or furnace.

In boilers as heretofore constructed there has been no provision duringthe removal of ashes from the ash pit to prevent spreading of the ashdust throughout the boiler room and it is a frequent occurrence for thiswhite dust to be carried by currents of air throughout the entire housesettling on the carpets, furniture and the like. In my presentinvention, I have taken advantage of the natural draft of the heater toeliminate this nuisance, thereby maintaining the furnace room and otherparts of the house entirely free of dirt and dust resulting fromcleaning out the ashes.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as-willbe hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents a perspective of a furnace equipped with myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a detail of one portion of my device.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a boiler 0r furnace of ordinaryconstruction wherein the products of combustion are preferably directedto the chimney by way of a tortuous path and 2 designates an openingsuitably located to communicate with a portion of this flue passage. Itis well known that in operation of furnaces the chimney produces astrong draft throughout the flue passages of the boiler and therefore,if at any time the door to the said opening is open a strong suctiontoward the chimney occurs and tends to draw inwardly, dust and otherfloating particles exterior of the furnace casing. In my novel device, Itake advantage of the draft produced adjacent the door to the saidopening to draw therein the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 17, 1909.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Serial No. 496,484.

fine dust and small particles of ashes to prevent them from being spreadthroughout the rooms of the building.

3 designates a knuckle member here shown as cast integral with thecasing of the heater and thereby forming a pivotal support for a shelf 4which is provided with an extension arm 5 terminating in a dependingstem 6 adapted to fit within the knuckle 3 and form a bearing by meansof which the shelf may be swung from one position to another as.indicatecl in Fig. 1, in full and dotted lines. The shelf 4 is designedto support a receptacle for ashes and in the present instance, anordinary coal scuttle 7 is disclosed supported upon the shelf 4 adjacentthe opening 2. It will be noted that the knuckle 3 is so positioned uponthe casing as to bring the top of the coal scuttle 7 or like receptacleto a point substantially at a level with the lower portion of theopening 2, whereby the inward suction quickly carries away dust andflying particles arising from the ashes deposited within the scuttle 7.Of course, it will be apparent that the knuckle 3 may, if desired, beriveted or secured by a bracket to any portion of the front of thefurnace 1, as in many instances it may be desirable to attach the sameto a furnace already in use.

13 designates a door suitably hinged at 14 to the furnace 1 and in thepresent instance above the opening 2 whereby when it is desired to makeuse of the draft for the purpose of removing dust, etc., the door 13 maybe raised and form a cover above the shelf 4:.

In order to maintain the cover in open position, a chain 15 or the likeis attached thereto and a link of which may be secured to any fixedportion of the furnace or a fixed point adjacent thereto.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a very novel device for theremoval of ash dust and the like and in operation, the scuttle 7 issuitably positioned upon the shelf 4 which latter is swung into itsposition adjacent the opening 2. This door 13 is now opened to and heldat a desired height by securing the chain 15 to a fixed point tomaintain the cover in operative position. As the ashes are removed fromthe ash pit by way of the usual doors 16 they are deposited within thereceptacle 7 and whatever dust arises during the operation isimmediately sucked up the flue to the chimney. Furthermore, While I havedescribed the shelf 4E as located adjacent a clean-out opening suchlocation may not necessarily be restricted to such an opening as it isvery clear that various connections might be made in a boiler or furnacewith a flue for the purpose of forming a draft opening adjacent which mynovel device could readily be located.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in theaccompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred byme, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory andreliable results, although it is to be un derstood that the variousinstrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variouslyarranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to theprecise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities asherein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the character described, a boiler casing having anopening in the side thereof, an arm pivotally mounted on said casing onone side of said opening, a shelf secured to said arm adapted to supportan ash receptacle, a cover for said opening pivoted above the same forvertical swingmg movement and means by which the cover may be held atdifierent elevations With respect to the support, said arm being adaptedfor lateral movement to variant positions beneath said cover when in itsextended position whereby the receptacle is placed in adjusted positionwith respect to said cover.

CHARLES R. KLINE. lVitnesses:

ROBERT M. BARR, C. D. MGVAY.

